Luke 3:2
Annas and Caiaphas being the high priests, the word of God came unto John the son of Zacharias in the wilderness.
KJV
ἐπὶ ἀρχιερέως Ἅννα καὶ Καϊάφα, ἐγένετο ῥῆμα θεοῦ ἐπὶ Ἰωάννην τὸν Ζαχαρίου υἱὸν ἐν τῇ ἐρήμῳ.
Greek NT
sub principibus sacerdotum Anna et Caipha : factum est verbum Domini super Joannem, Zachariæ filium, in deserto.
Vulgate
in the high-priesthood of Annas and Caiaphas, the word of God came unto John the son of Zacharias in the wilderness.
ASV
Under the high priests Anna and Caiphas: the word of the Lord was made unto John, the son of Zachary, in the desert.
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
14 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
Ζαχαρίας
zacharias
noun · 11×
Καϊάφας
kaiaphas
noun · 9×
γίνομαι
ginomai
verb · 667×
θεός
theos
noun · 1311×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
υἱός
uios
noun · 375×
ἀρχιερεύς
archiereus
noun · 121×
Ἄννας
annas
noun · 4×
ἐν
en
preposition · 2743×
ἐπί
epi
preposition · 888×
ἔρημος
eremos
adjective · 48×
Ἰωάννης
ioannes
noun · 134×
ὁ
o
article · 19778×
ῥῆμα
rema
noun · 67×
Historic Christian voices
7 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
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Cross-references
- Acts 4:6 — And Annas the high priest, and Caiaphas, and John, and Alexander, and as many as were of the kindred of the high priest, were gathered together at Jerusalem.
- Acts 4:6 — And Annas the high priest, and Caiaphas, and John, and Alexander, and as many as were of the kindred of the high priest, were gathered together at Jerusalem.
- Acts 13:24 — When John had first preached before his coming the baptism of repentance to all the people of Israel.
- Isa 40:3 — The voice of him that crieth in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the LORD, make straight in the desert a highway for our God.
- Isa 40:3 — The voice of him that crieth in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the LORD, make straight in the desert a highway for our God.
- John 1:6 — There was a man sent from God, whose name was John.
- John 1:23 — He said, I am the voice of one crying in the wilderness, Make straight the way of the Lord, as said the prophet Esaias.
- John 11:49 — And one of them, named Caiaphas, being the high priest that same year, said unto them, Ye know nothing at all,
- John 11:49 — And one of them, named Caiaphas, being the high priest that same year, said unto them, Ye know nothing at all,
- John 18:13 — And led him away to Annas first; for he was father in law to Caiaphas, which was the high priest that same year.
- John 18:13 — And led him away to Annas first; for he was father in law to Caiaphas, which was the high priest that same year.
- John 18:24 — Now Annas had sent him bound unto Caiaphas the high priest.
- Jonah 1:1 — Now the word of the LORD came unto Jonah the son of Amittai, saying,
- Luke 1:59 — And it came to pass, that on the eighth day they came to circumcise the child; and they called him Zacharias, after the name of his father.
- Luke 1:80 — And the child grew, and waxed strong in spirit, and was in the deserts till the day of his shewing unto Israel.
- Luke 3:3 — And he came into all the country about Jordan, preaching the baptism of repentance for the remission of sins;
- Luke 7:24 — And when the messengers of John were departed, he began to speak unto the people concerning John, What went ye out into the wilderness for to see? A reed shaken with the wind?
- Mark 1:4 — John did baptize in the wilderness, and preach the baptism of repentance for the remission of sins.
- Mark 9:12 — And he answered and told them, Elias verily cometh first, and restoreth all things; and how it is written of the Son of man, that he must suffer many things, and be set at nought.
- Matt 3:1 — In those days came John the Baptist, preaching in the wilderness of Judaea,
- Matt 11:7 — And as they departed, Jesus began to say unto the multitudes concerning John, What went ye out into the wilderness to see? A reed shaken with the wind?
- Matt 21:25 — The baptism of John, whence was it? from heaven, or of men? And they reasoned with themselves, saying, If we shall say, From heaven; he will say unto us, Why did ye not then believe him?
- Matt 26:3 — Then assembled together the chief priests, and the scribes, and the elders of the people, unto the palace of the high priest, who was called Caiaphas,
- Mic 1:1 — The word of the LORD that came to Micah the Morasthite in the days of Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah, which he saw concerning Samaria and Jerusalem.
- Zeph 1:1 — The word of the LORD which came unto Zephaniah the son of Cushi, the son of Gedaliah, the son of Amariah, the son of Hizkiah, in the days of Josiah the son of Amon, king of Judah.